Power in the Eternal Present

Seamus Heaney's
Sophocles adaptation The Burial at Thebes
opened last Saturday night; having seen the show evolve from an initial
run-though to its latest iteration, I'm confident it's no exaggeration to say
that it has lived up to its ample promise. [10/4/2011]

Last Friday, September 23, was
the invited dress rehearsal for The
Burial at Thebes, a run-through for the show with an audience of staff,
friends and family. These are tricky events, with various technical elements in
place: a few lit desks including the stage manager's and several rows blocked
off so that the production photographer could do his thing. [9/27/2011]

The Burial at Thebes represents a resonant, and at times
startlingly powerful, confluence of talents in a work that both
stimulates the intellect and punches you in the gut. For starters, I can
safely predict that we will not get Sophocles, Irish Nobel laureate
Seamus Heaney and musical visionary J.D. Steele in the same
(metaphorical) room again. [9/19/2011]